diff --git a/compat/cygwin.c b/compat/cygwin.c
index b4a51b958c5651d3b509013aaef0c4e30b68a816..b38dbd7f8fb557b3cf70aef29ec173afc106d5fc 100644 (file)
--- a/compat/cygwin.c
+++ b/compat/cygwin.c
static int init_stat(void)
{
- if (have_git_dir()) {
- git_config(git_cygwin_config, NULL);
+ if (have_git_dir() && git_config(git_cygwin_config,NULL)) {
if (!core_filemode && native_stat) {
cygwin_stat_fn = cygwin_stat;
cygwin_lstat_fn = cygwin_lstat;